Includes bibliographical references (p. [227]-237), discography (p. [239]-243), and index
Race, class, and nineteenth-century popular music : the modinha, the lundu, and the maxixe -- The roda de choro : heart and soul of choro -- From the plantation to the city : the rise and development of early choro in Rio de Janeiro (1870-1920) -- From the terno to the regional : the professionalization of choro -- The velha guarda in the new Brazil : choro in the 1950s and 1960s -- The choro revival -- Contemporary choro -- Choro and the Brazilian classical tradition